Basic settings needed. PLEASE

[Tom Wolsky]

Animation should import. What exactly happens when you try to do this?

I like using Photo-JPEG rather than those as it’s an I-frame compression format rather than intraframe compression. You can get smearing on motion with Animation.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Photoguy]

Thanks Tom,

It doesn’t play in the viewer. If I render it, it will play in the canvas, but the swoosh build in Keynote overlaps and gets stuck.

Now, for some reason, my canvas and timeline won’t appear. I’ve hit command 2 and command 3 and nothing. They are both grayed out in the menu.

I was hoping I could use H.264 as my dubbing compression before importing because it greatly reduced the file sizes and processing times. I don’t know what type of codecs can be used when combining Keynote, Snapz Pro X and FCP.

I’m very new to this and need your guidance. Thank you. Jon

[Tom Wolsky]

Open the sequence from the browser. No open sequence no timeline, no canvas.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Photoguy]

Thanks. I have all the panes now.

I took a screen shot of the animation problem. How can I send it to you?

[Tom Wolsky]

You could post it on the web somewhere and send a URL.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Photoguy]

I have no idea how to do that. I don’t have a website.

Can I capture in Snapz with H.264 and import into FC for editing? When I try it, it won’t play. But then again neither will Animation.

Are there initial settings or a set up that I should do?

[Todd Gillespie]

Unfortunately, Snapz isn’t that good. I switched over to iShowU, which works MUCH better and faster. You do need to make sure that you are using a codec that FCP can edit. NOT H.264

Start off with some small tests, i would try DV size and codec first. Then work your way to which ever size and codec you prefer.

Good Luck,

Todd at UCSB
Television Production

[Photoguy]

Thanks Todd.

I tried iShowU.com to find the software but didn’t see anything. Can you recommend a codec that FC can work with that will keep the file size small and quality high. I know that’s asking a lot. The presentation I’m recording is 1024×768.

Is there a different program that I can edit a H.264 Snapz show? The QuickTime from it is beautiful and small.

[Tom Wolsky]

I already recommended codec. Photo-JPEG. Do not try to compress the video before you work with it. That will just degrade it. Make it the best quality you can.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Photoguy]

Tom,

I tried PHOTO – jpeg. It wouldn’t play either. Is there someplace to find a step-by-step, on this?